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Oscars on ABC through 2020

ABC has extended its contract to carry the Academy Awards for six more years — through 2020 . The joint announcement was made Thursday by Ac...

ABC has extended its contract to carry the Academy Awards for six more years — through 2020. The joint announcement was made Thursday by Academy President Tom Sherak and Anne Sweeney, President of the Disney/ABC Television Group.

“This contract ensures that the Oscar show will be an ABC tradition for 45 consecutive years,” Sherak was quoted in the press relase. “ABC is absolutely the very best place for the Academy Awards, a television event that is beloved and watched by millions of movie lovers all over the world.”

The existing contract was scheduled to expire in 2014. The new agreement for the U.S. broadcast keeps the Oscars on ABC for an additional six years. International rights are covered by a separate agreement with Walt Disney International, which runs through 2014, according to the Academy.

The 83rd Academy Awards, airing live on Sunday, will be the 36th consecutive ceremony to air on ABC.